Hi fellow Sprawlers!
I have a question regarding getting paid, that causes me a bit of a headache. (It might be because of the language barrier, as english is not my native tongue.)
As far as I can read, the characters invest 1-3 Creds during get the job. When the mission is over, and it’s time to get paid, a player makes a +empty legwork clock check.
– If you chose “the job pays well” in get the job, you receive twice your investment.
– If you choose “the job pays in full” when getting paid, you receive three times your investments – IF you also chose that the job paid well.
… but what if you didn’t chose that the job pays well or that you are paid in full? Or what if the job doesn’t pay well, but you are paid in full (or vice versa)?
Unfortunately I wasn’t prepared for the discussion the payment phase started (they chose to get fucked over, and I fucked them over), so I decided to ask this group, so I’m 100 % prepared for our next session in two weeks.
Hope you will/can clarify.
They get underpaid. They only get back what they invested, or even less, and/or also things get more complicated.
-Perhaps they don’t get anything back because the Johnson didn’t actually tell them the full story, and theirs more to do to get paid.
-Or they just get their base investment back and he makes up an excuse how they fucked it up.
-Or they get even less back, and they get burned by the corp.
Thanks Riley Crowder! Just what I thought. Can you also enlighten me of the difference between “pays well” (get the job) and “paid in full” (getting paid).
Sune Nødskou not sure about it but “pays well” is simply a promise of big rewards, “paid in full” means you actually get paid how much you were promised to.
Hi Luigi Castellani! That’s true. But on page 127, the text is: If you complete the mission and get paid in full, you get back twice the amount that you staked. If a result of getting the job was that “The job pays well”, you get back three-times what you staked.
What if the PCs chose both? Is that 6 times their individual investment?
In theory they both cause you to get back double. If they choose both they would in total get 3 times what they invested. So if they invested 3 and choose both they would get back 9.
I don’t think the job pays well specifically says double though does it? You could fudge the numbers, or have them get paid bonuses in other ways too.
That makes sense Riley Crowder. Twice for either “pays well” or “paid in full” and three times for both. This is definitely what I’ll use from now on! THANK YOU! I really, truly appreciate the feedback!
Hi, what I meant is that you get back 3 times the investment only if both conditions apply (pays well and get paid in full).
If the job pays in full but not well you get 2 times the investment, if the job pays well but not in full I think it’s up to the MC deciding how much they are getting paid between 0 and 2 times the investment.
And if they choose none..they just get what they invested back not really making a profit.
… or maybe even less.
Totally..they could get screwed…conned into another job to actually get paid extra…all sorts of things.
I think Riley Crowder covered this, but the same question was asked last week as well. My answer is in the thread, and some further discussion what not getting paid in full might look like: plus.google.com – ” If you complete the mission and get paid in full, you get back twice the am…
Just popping in to say that all the “Get Paid” does is to place some narrative shackles on the MC. It tells the MC what he CAN’T do – not what he can do.
If the player picks “Paid in Full”, it just means that they are guaranteed to be paid what they are owed. Not picking it does not mean that they will be screwed over.